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Synonyms for bat

  • noun
  • verb

Most common

flying mouse flitter-mouse kip squash racket at-bat crop cricket bat pack saddle

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

1. Flying mouse — any flying mammal of the order Chiroptera, usually small and nocturnal, insectivorous or frugivorous

flying mouse, flitter-mouse, flindermouse dated, chiropteran rare, flitterbat formal rare, reremouse formal dated, fluttermouse dated, chiropter rare, rattlemouse dated

2. Stick — the piece of wood on which the spinner places the coins and then uses for throwing them

stick, kylie AU, kip, lannet rare

3. Racket

racket, racquet UK, squash racket, paddle

Other

club, cricket bat, at-bat, baton, pack saddle, crone, crop, spree, wanton, drab

Verb

1. Lick

lick, cream, thrash, clobber, drub

Other

cudgel, blow, stroke, flutter

Antonyms

field

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Definitions

  1. n. 1

    Any flying mammal of the order Chiroptera, usually small and nocturnal, insectivorous or frugivorous.

  2. n. 2

    The piece of wood on which the spinner places the coins and then uses for throwing them.

  3. n. 3

    An old woman.

  4. v. 1

    To hit with a bat or (figuratively) as if with a bat.

    We batted a few ideas around.

Related words

Word family
batlet batsman batman batter
Phrases
bat an eyelid off the bat fruit bat vesper bat free-tailed bat false vampire bat spectral bat baseball bat

Forms

Plural
bats → chiropterans, flitterbats, chiropters, sticks…
Past participle
batted
e.g. batted → licked, creamed, thrashed, clobbered…

Example sentences

  • kip "Where's Tom?" "He's having a kip." "A siesta?"
  • crop Algeria needs more crop-yielding productive lands.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
batrising
kipsteady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters
kip1
4 letters
club1, blow1, crop1, lick1, drab1, drub1
5 letters
stick1, cream1, baton2, spree1, kylie2, crone1
6 letters
stroke1, paddle2, racket2, thrash1, wanton2, cudgel2, lannet
7 letters
flutter2, racquet2, clobber2
9 letters
reremouse, chiropter
10 letters
flitterbat
11 letters
chiropteran, rattlemouse
12 letters
flindermouse, fluttermouse

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (baton2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
chauve-souris
Italiano
pipistrello
Español
murciélago
Català
muricec